The US government was exposed to secretly transporting Starlink terminals to Iran to assist rioters.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal on the 11th, during the January Iran riots, the US government secretly delivered about 6000 Starlink terminals to Iran to help rioters maintain communication. The report stated that the US State Department purchased nearly 7000 Starlink terminals before the incident, with most of them purchased in January, to help rioters evade Iran's government shutdown strategy. After the Iranian government took measures to respond to the riots, the US secretly transported about 6000 Starlink terminals into Iran. According to the report, this is the first time the US has directly delivered Starlink terminals to Iran. The report quoted US government officials as saying that President Trump was aware of this smuggling operation, but it is unclear whether it was ordered directly by him or by someone else.